HIERONYMUS WIERIX (1549-1615)
'Theatrum Vitae Humanae', 1638.
Suite of title and six copper engravings. Published in Antwerp, by Johannes Galle.
Complete with title (in Renaissance cartouche with references to the first and last stages of life) and the six orders of construction each showing the successive stages of man's life (I. Composita (man up to 16 years), II. Corinthia (16-32 years), III. Ionica (32-48 years), IV. Dorica (48-64 years), V. Toscana (64-80 years), VI. Ruina (80 years-dead).
All in frame.
Tot: 7 ex.
Lit.: Mauquoy-Hendrickx II, nrs. 1499-1505
